And that's a second one I've never even heard of. The streets of London never cease to amaze.
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
And that's a second one I've never even heard of. The streets of London never cease to amaze.
Looks like a couple of old Phyllonorycter platani leafmines on one of those fallen leaves 🍁
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Looks like a couple of old Phyllonorycter platani leafmines on one of those fallen leaves 🍁
Fabulous image! I've just been reading up on these, some incredible adaptations relating to their miniaturised life style. Parasitising thrips eggs, good grief whatever next! 😊
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Fabulous image! I've just been reading up on these, some incredible adaptations relating to their miniaturised life style. Parasitising thrips eggs, good grief whatever next! 😊
Moldovian Dragonhead??? Heck, you're just making them up now 🤣
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Moldovian Dragonhead??? Heck, you're just making them up now 🤣
Even more bizarre, I found it new to Surrey in 2003. Reckon we could start a club? 😂
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Even more bizarre, I found it new to Surrey in 2003. Reckon we could start a club? 😂
But what of the Mompha?? Also you need to rename your blog, maybe Not Quite But Getting Ever Closer Scilly? 🤔😊
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
But what of the Mompha?? Also you need to rename your blog, maybe Not Quite But Getting Ever Closer Scilly? 🤔😊
Danny the Pirate bottled it at the last moment, but he very almost sat on it too 🤣
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Danny the Pirate bottled it at the last moment, but he very almost sat on it too 🤣
I sat on top of Nicodemus' Knob one morning, after indulging in far too many beers the night before. It's a lovely sensation 😄
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I sat on top of Nicodemus' Knob one morning, after indulging in far too many beers the night before. It's a lovely sensation 😄
Welsh Poppy for me too. So that's a chap in England seen it, and a chap in Scotland seen it. Anyone from Wales seen one this month yet? 😅
November 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Welsh Poppy for me too. So that's a chap in England seen it, and a chap in Scotland seen it. Anyone from Wales seen one this month yet? 😅
I'm on 13 species. Not convinced I'll be able to keep up 😄
November 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I'm on 13 species. Not convinced I'll be able to keep up 😄
Make that P.cyanoloma. One day I'll catch up 😂
November 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Make that P.cyanoloma. One day I'll catch up 😂
Agreed. Almost all large D.cyanoloma here on Skye have Normandina on them.
November 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Agreed. Almost all large D.cyanoloma here on Skye have Normandina on them.
I think you'd need to leave it at Siphona sp. There are several in the genus and even with a microscope they are not at all straightforward to get to species.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I think you'd need to leave it at Siphona sp. There are several in the genus and even with a microscope they are not at all straightforward to get to species.
There's a handbook to cloud identifocation, freely available online as a download. It's actually pretty cool! I have it saved on my laptop, I can ping you a link when I'm next home again.
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
There's a handbook to cloud identifocation, freely available online as a download. It's actually pretty cool! I have it saved on my laptop, I can ping you a link when I'm next home again.
Cloud types are given species names, rather bizarrely. Yours is a type of cirrus cloud, but I don't know what subspecies is involved. I'm not kidding, species and subspecies of clouds. Love it! 😄
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Cloud types are given species names, rather bizarrely. Yours is a type of cirrus cloud, but I don't know what subspecies is involved. I'm not kidding, species and subspecies of clouds. Love it! 😄
My good friend who had been to Chile informs me the word is pronounced "chill-lay-an" and not "chilly-un" (which is how I say it).... He may be right, but in his absence I'm sticking with chilly-un 😄
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
My good friend who had been to Chile informs me the word is pronounced "chill-lay-an" and not "chilly-un" (which is how I say it).... He may be right, but in his absence I'm sticking with chilly-un 😄